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The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology is urging parents to introduce potential allergens, including eggs and peanut butter, to children when they are as young as 4 months old. "There's been more studies that find that if you introduce them early, it may actually prevent food allergy," said David Fleischer, co-author of the article in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

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An online survey found people often misunderstand food labels related to potential allergens, especially those that use the words "may contain" or "manufactured on shared equipment," researchers wrote in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. About half of people responding to the survey incorrectly believed precautionary labels are required by law, and one-third mistakenly thought labels were based on how much of an allergen may be contained in a food.

Seventy-one percent of inner-city children who attended an allergy clinic because of stubborn asthma or eczema were found to be "sensitized" to at least one food, and 28% had food allergy, research shows. The rates are higher than in the average population and indicate that doctors who treat such children "should have a high degree of suspicion for food allergy," said a study author.

Seventy-one percent of inner-city children who attended an allergy clinic because of stubborn asthma or eczema were found to be "sensitized" to at least one food, and 28% had food allergy, research shows. The rates are higher than in the average population and indicate that doctors who treat such children "should have a high degree of suspicion for food allergy," said a study author.

Seventy-one percent of inner-city children who attended an allergy clinic because of stubborn asthma or eczema were found to be "sensitized" to at least one food, and 28% had food allergy, research shows. The rates are higher than in the average population and indicate that doctors who treat such children "should have a high degree of suspicion for food allergy," said a study author.

People with allergies should avoid foods with warning labels because those items are still likely to contain allergens, a new study found. The report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology discovered that 5% of foods with warning labels were still contaminated. Warning labels "are the industry's way of telling the allergic consumer that despite our best efforts to produce a candy free of unintentional allergens, the particular candy in question is not a good choice for them if they are allergic to the allergen mentioned," said NCA's Susan Smith.